Glider toy



J. H. KLEINBERG 2,186,587

GLIDER TOY Jan. 9, 1940.

Filed June 20, 1959 dqsep/r ffff/e/nbecg INVENTOR Patented Jan. e, 1940v c I 2 185 5 7 UNIT- D TES PA N O E Y v 2486587" GLI DER TO YL JosephKleiriherg, Cincinnati Ohio y 1 7 Application June 20,-1939,[serie1Ne.zsdiaec I c c 5 Clo Claims. Iii-+79 I v 7 The present inventionrelatesto a glider toy, jecto'r simn as may be :employed to "place theand especially to one which is equipped with glider in'flight.

means operating automatically, and afterthe Fig; 9 isa *fragmental'perspective View of a glider has" been placedin flight, to cause the u t rmod fication,showingan alternative coni glider to perform variousso-called stunts. ,Tstruction'of the'forward-porti'on of the glider. e

'An object of the invention is to providea stunt 'With'referenceto :th'eaccompanying-drawing,

performing glider which has been so simplified it will be expedient tapp l reference inua'ndconstructe'd of inexpensive materials, thatmera'ls tosimil'ar parts-.infall the drawing figc it maybe manufactured'at'an extremely low cost. *u f wh'e 'in such parts are common thereto:Another object of the invention is to provide i A(:ct )i' 5liS7,'in'allviews; the "body of the glider a device of the characterstatedgwhich is excep- Twill be indicated byrthe reference character I2, c tion'ally light in weight, and is therefore'saie as the forward:wing rby"'l3,the tail wing by l4, and a childs toy, since the force ofimpact of -'a light rudde by -l5-'\" T e Wings Band l4 "maybe bodyis notapt to'be dangerous or injurious to appli'edg-in any suitable manner,such b'y'inserthis life and property H a 7, ing. 'th'eniwthroughopenings, It formed trans- A further object of the invention'ls that ofverse'ly' eg y: narily the win providing simple and inexp nsive means in'a 1 W 1 h y' eh' the O n to 'inain' glider toy for accomplishing adelayed action of "t'a'i'nfa subs'tantiallyifnied relationshipto.the'body.' certain 'of the parts, so that the glider toy will Iti 0be*expiesslyt'understood that the-mode be permitted to attain asubstantial altitude be "oi attaching hewin'gs and rudder to the body,T; fore the automatic means goes into operation for o 'fi e q e e." l

conditioning the device for'stunt'flying. 1 In accord nce with Fig. 2,the nose of'the Another object orthe i vention i t pr vide lid y-" arrya groove'cl pulley H which is I i stunt controllingapparatus in 'aglidertoygwhich freely rotatable upon an axle lflfand bverthe isconstituted chieflyl of "rubber bands instead of pulley periphery whereit is exposed 'a't the'i-exthe usual complicated mechanisms heretoioretreme-forward end of-the glider body, there 1221- v proposed "foraccomplishment of the stunting ten'ds arubberband 19' which mayh'aveop'pofufiction v site ends '20 and -21. The end 20 is fixed toIa'The foregoing and other objects are attained weight 22 which isslidablea'lqn -th t (e by the means described herein and fdiscl'osedein23 or the glider bo'd y The'en'd 2| of the band the accompanyingdrawing, in which; 19* i sradapted to enter a 'vertical slit indicatedFig. lis a top "plan'vie'w on a reduced scale, "at-'24 formed in thetailtof the glider body. As disclosing the-generalconfiguration of the deshownin-Fig. 2,,the band'l9 is in a stretched 151 i ention, conditionso as'to 'kepftheweight 22 located at Fig. 2is aside view ere. highlysimplifiediorm -"near'thetno se fo'fc-the'glider. 'Thefslit 24th the ofglider emb'odyii i the "invention, this" viewbetail end, is of lesserwidththa'n the diameter-of ing disclosed chiefiy,,'f6r the purpose ofillusthe rubber band when unstretched, but said slit trating theprinciple upon 'Whichfthe invention is sufiiciently large to permit thefree end 21 of I t v the rubber 'band to'slowly slip therethrough, until"40 Fig; 3 is a side elevation'al 'viewjof a preferred finally-it willleave theslit: and permit a second form of glider t'o'y embodying thepresent invenstretched rubber band 25 to pull th'e'weight'reartion,showing the stunt control',mechanisn1 in 'wardly to a position at whichthe center of'gr'av the operative, condition, I v c it'y'ofthesbodywill'be shifted' frOm the nose por- Fig. 4 is a view similar toFig. 3,.Ib'ut showing tionto a location abovethe wing I 3. 'Theends -4the stunt control mechanism in the inoperative of rubber band25 areanchored upon the weight position assumed while the glider isheld inreadiat and upon some fixed portion of the glider, ness for projection.and while it}i's gaining altipreferably near the tail thereof, as at 2L-The itucle subsequently toprojection. l f distance that the-weight mayshift rearwardly 1 Fig. 5 is a sideelevational "ew of a modifiundertheinfluence of the stretched rubber band cation 7 I j v -v [25,when thefree end 2! of band 19 leaves the Fig. (i is a perspective View of aslidingweight slit 24; may be determined by a knot or other flvhichforms a detail o'f'the invention "stop means 28 on band l9, striking asmall eyelet Fig.7 is a irag'ment 'al perspectiveview of the or otherabutment 29 fixed to the lower edge of v nose ofjthe glider disclosed inFigs. 3 and 4. the glider body.

m5 Fig.- 8 is a perspective view of a slin g or proerein the foregb ingit siren-1a readily be'under- F "so a alter the maneuvers of :theglider. understood that a tight pulley ll will be the .rudder i5.

stood that the glider of Fig. 2 is conditioned for flight by stretchingthe rubber band IS in a rearward direction until the end 2| thereof maybe inserted into slit 24, thereby to advance the weight 22 to the noseof the glider body as indicated, against the opposing force of thestretched rubber band 25. Upon thusly conditioning the glider forprojection, the operator may squeeze the slit 24 together for clampingthe rubber band end 2| against slippage through the slit, while at thesame time a sling or projector such as is indicated in Fig. 8, may beapplied to the stationary hook in readiness to send the glider; inflight. It is to be expressly understood that j the projector shown inFig. 8 is merely one example of a suitable projector that may be usedfor the purpose just explained, and as such, it may comprise a woodenhandle 3| with a strong rubber band 32 secured to one end of the handlein any suitable manner. The particular manner of attaching therubber'band 32 as shown in Fig. 8, consists in furnishing the upper endof the handle with a transverse slit 33 terminating in'a bore 34 whereinthe rubber band permanently rests. By applying the looped end 35 of theband to the hook 30 of the glider body and holding the glider in onehand while the handle 3| is held in the other hand, the band 32 may bestretched, and the glider subsequently released so 'as to result inprojection of the glider high in the air. As the glider approaches itsmaximum height, the free end 2 I of the rubber band slowly slips throughthe slit 24, andbefore the glider has completed its descent, the bandend 2| will have left the slit, permitting the band 25 to retract theweight 22 for changing the center of gravity of the glider, therebycausing the glider to stunt as it descends. The release of the weight 22as above explained may be timed by permitting more or less of the bandend'2l to protrude from the slit, and the character of stunt performedwill depend upon the location of theknot or -stop 28, and the strengthor the tension of therubber band 25.

By. anchoring the pulley I! so that it may not rotate upon the. axle 3,,a different stunting effect may be obtained, for then the movement ofthe weight 22 rearwardly when the rubber band end 2! is released fromthe slit, will be slow or gradual, and it will accordingly beappreciated that the. gradually shifting center of gravity therebyresulting will gradually or progressively It is to be equivalent of arounded integral nose on the The foregoing fully explains the principleof the'operation of the improved glider toy, and the same principle isemployed in themodified forms of the device disclosed in Figs. 3, 4, and5. It may here be; stated that the rubbers 25 and I9 mayhave substitutedtherefor a single rubber anchored to the weight in the manner disclosedin Fig. 5. By using the Fig. 5 type of anchorage, the position of theweight along the rubber may be. changed. at will, for determining theglider maneuvers, which in allcases depend upon the shifting center ofgravity as influenced by th weight.

- =In the modification of Fig. 3, the character 3 5 indicates an endlessrubber band which loops into 'a notch 31 at the tail of the glider, theopposite reaches of the band lying at opposite'sides of the Theremaining loop at the opposite .lodged from the notch 41. advantage indisposing the weight directly upon end 38 of this band receives a loop39 of a length of rubber 40 which is not endless. One end 4 I of rubberband40 is clampedat 42 upon the top of a slidable or shiftable weight43, the details of which are clearly shown in Fig. 6. The opposite end44 of rubber band 40 has a knot or stop at 45, which may not passthrough a Wire loop 46 which is supported by a glider body in the mannerdisclosed in Fig. 7. An intermediate portion 48 of the rubber band 40 isanchored relative to the slidable weight.

The relationship of the parts as disclosed in Fig. 3, is therelationship existing while the glider is descending and stunting,.orthe relationship in .which the parts will be found upon completion ofthe flight.

To prepare the glider of Fig. 3 for flight, the

, operator grasps the rubber band end 44 and pulls downwardly until theweight 43 is slid forwardly to the nose of the glider, whereupon the end44 is moved upwardly over-the top edge of the glider body and stretcheduntil the free end 44 may be inserted into the notch 41 of the rudder.The relationship of the parts will then be as disclosed in Fig. 4. Therubber band end 44 (Fig. 4) will gradually slowly slip from the notch,and when it does, the knot or abutment 45 will snap forwardly to aposition against the wire loop 46, while at the same time the weight 43will be influenced by the weight 43 to substantially a positioncorresponding to the position of weight 22 in Fig. 2. There is anadvantage, however, in advancing the weight over the nose of the glider,so that the weight rests upon the flattened surface 48 as disclosed inFig. 4, the advantage being that the weight will protect the glider.against damage in the event that-itlands nose first against a hardobject before the slipping end 44 of the rubber band 40 has had anopportunity to become dis- There' is a second the nose of the gliderbody, and that is that greater distance or height can be obtained by theglider when its center of gravity is located very close to the nose oradvancing end of the glider body.

Referring now to Fig. 7, it may be noted that the nose of the glider maybe grooved as at 49, if desired, for keeping the rubber band 40 inposition thereon. Also, it should be noted, that the wire loop 46, whosepointed ends 50 may be driven into the material of the glider body,provides also a hook portion 5| to be engaged by the loop at 35 of theprojector shown in Fig. 8, when it is desired to put the glider intoflight.

With reference to Fig. 6, it may be noted that weight 43 may comprise ametallic stool 52 having ,spacecl depending legs 53 providing a channelfor reception of the upper edge of the glider body, and upon the flattop of the stool may be fastened the weight 43. It has been found thatthe element 43 may be constructed of rubber, and that an endless rubberband of small size, indicated at 54 may be crossed upon the weight andheld to the stool by passing the rubber band over the weightand beneaththe outwardly extending flanges 55 of the stool. Thefree end 4| ofrubber band 40 may be anchored to the weight by passing I glider body.

' assess? it beneath the rubber band 54, and slippage may be preventedby suitable roughing or corrugatin'g of the upper face of the weight, asindicatedat The character '51 of Fig. 6 indicates how'the aspect of theinvention; For example, it is iinma 'terial how the weight is attachedto the stool, or

how the rubber band connections to the weight are effectedj nor is iteven necessary that the weight- '43 be a separate piece rather than anintegral part of the stool 52L The details of the wire loop 16 of Fig.'7 likewise maybe altered, and especially might the loop portion of thewirebe made separately from the hook portion. 51 thereof, as might be"suggested by observing the nose end of the glider disclosed in Fig. 5;.f o

Inthe modified form of the device disclosed in Fig. 5, the nose of theglidermay be-provided with a wire loop 58 adapted to receive slidingly"therethrough, a rubber band 59. One end 60 of the rubber band isanchored near the tail of the The opposite end of said rubber band isindicated at 6 I. the eye 58, a knot or other abutment 62 is app-iied tothe rubber band. Between the eye 53 and the anchored end 60 of therubber band,

the weight '63 is attached. Weight 63 is adapted to slide along theupper edge'fid of the glider body, and it may straddle said edge aspreviously explained in connection with Fig. 6; The anchcrage betweenthe weight 53 and the rubber band 59, may be 'efiected by piercing theweight at its upper corners and threading the rubber band therethroughasshow'n. v 1

To conditiontheFig. 5 glider for flight, it is necessary only to stretchthe end Bl rearwardly until it maybe lodged, in the notch l"! of therudder, as, indicated by the broken line. CSuch v stretching of therubber band will of course advance the weight 53 to the nose of theglider body, perhaps very close to the eye 58, and as explained inconnection with the other drawing figures, the glider then-may beprojected 'by applying "the projector of Fig. 8 to the hook 6 1. Whenthe end 6! finaily slowly slips through the notch 41 in the rudder, theportion, 65 of the rubber band will act uponthe weight to retract it tothe position-indicated by Fig. 5, at which. position the knot orabutment 62' will be stopped by the eye 58.

From the foregoing, will be noted that every form of the gliderillustrated and described herein depends, for its maneuveringfunctiorn-upon the slipping of a rubber band end/slowly andprogressively through a notch or other frictional holding means whichholds "the rubber band end just tightly enough to preclude rapid dislodgementthereof. A' child operating, 'thedevice may'obtain variousefiects by allowing either lit-- *tle or much of the rubber band end 44to extend through the frictional holding means- 41', thereby to time thedelayed action of the weightmovement. Varying eiiects may also be had bychanging the location of the knot or abutment.

in each instance, or by applying rubber bands having different tensioncharacteristics. Other 'efiects may be obtained, for example byihcreasing or decreasing the-length of the rubber band en'd l-l (Fig. 3)by adjustingit through the clasp Between the end 6| andstructionswherein the wings are adapted for shifting movement "bodily along theaxis of the spends to the weight '22 of Fig. 2, is adapted to 10.

be located upon the nose of the glider in the manner of :4. Toexplainafurther, the character i'td discloses a-rubberiband having oneend an- .c'horedat tl near the tail of the glider, while theopposite-end 58 has been passed through an 18 eyelet 69 at thenose ofthe glider. A knot or other suitable stop 15] is provided between theeyelet and the-extreme end 68 of the rubber band. Intermediate the endsof the band, the weight 43 is fixed to the'band; and said Weight issiidable 40 as in the other forms of the invention. To conidition theFig. '9 device for flight, the operator need only stretch the end 68rearwardly to-the tailyand engage itwithin the II, from which said endcan slowly slip in the'manner, heretofore explained. 'While the end 68is held within the notch, the weight will be disposed directly upon thefiat nose 12 of the glider body, in substantially" the manner of Fig. l.In so disposing the 'welghtit'will of course :have to be boosted overthe projecting hook '53, but when the end 68 leaves the hoiding notch Hthe weight will leave the nose I? and jump over the projecting hook tothe positionindicated in Fig. 9. The knot or stop it! cannot passthrough the eye 69. It should be particularly noted that Fig. 9 may bemade to operate in the manner, explained. in connection with Fig. 2, bymerely making H the permanen't anchorage for the end 68 of the rubber,

and p-rovidingfor the "delayed frictional release at the :point 6?, asdisclosed at M of Fig. 2. Thusly modified, the weight 43 of Fig. 9 willbe disposed along the'topedge of the glider body, as in Fig. 2, and gtheeyelet 69 will be located at the point A, all of whichamounts to a merem "reversal of .parts' capable of performing the function intendedaccording to the present invention. "Ihevarious forms of the inventiondisclosed herein are not to be confused with glider conaglider body,sincefsuch constructions are clearly inferior from the, standpoint ofdurability and simplicity. Although in the various disclosures of thedrawing, the weights are shown as being- M5 'slidable along the body, itshould be understood that such weights may be mountedpivotally orotherwise, so lo'ngasthey may be considered 'shiftab'le toward and fromthe nose of the glider body. Y

In. the Fig; 4 discloure, it should be noted that accuracy'of disclosurehas been sacrificed to obtain clarity. by showing the various rubberbanlis apparently unsupported upon the nose of the-goder. Actually, ofcourse, the portions of 65 the rubber bands shown forwardly ofthe weight33 in 4. will rest directly upon the weight, instead of being spacedtherefrom as drawn in the interest of clarity. If the rubber bands bemanipuia ed was explained previously for con- &0

the glider for 'fiight,'proper operation re'd,although the variousreaches of the rub er bands will-rest closely adjacent or upon mother,both at the front or the glider and ralgng the top edge thereof. In eachinstance,

the top edge of the glider body is indicated generally by the character23.

, In the construction illustrated by Fig. 9, the weight 43 performs anadded function, which is that of furnishing a buffer or resilientlanding gear. When the glider lands substantially horizontally, theweight will contact the landing Surface with a yieldingly frictionalengagement, thereby effectively arresting the forward movement of theglider without injury to the parts.

It is to be understood that various modifications and changes instructural details of the vaing means, to delay shifting of the weightby said yielding means until the glider reaches a predetermined stage ofits flight course.

2. In a glider toy, the combination of a winged body having a nose and atail, a weight shiftably mounted upon the body, including means foryieldingly urging the weight into movement from the nose region towardthe tail region of the glider body, and time delay means for temporarilyrestraining the weight against such movement, for a limited time duringthe flight of the glider toy.

3. In. a glider comprising a winged body having opposed edges, a nose,and a tail portion, the combination which comprises a weight shiftablysupported for movement relative to the body from the region of the nosetoward the tail region thereof, an elastic weight shifting elementhaving opposite ends and an intermediate portion, said weight beinganchored to the intermediate portion of the weight shifting element,means anchoring one end of the weight shifting element to the body nearthe tail region thereof with said end extending along one edge of theglider body, and means releasably holding the other end of said weightshifting element, when stretched, in position along the opposite edge ofthe glider body, for establishing the position of the weight withrespect to thelength of the glider body, said 'releasably holding meansconstituting a timer for release of the weight to the contractile actionof the stretched anchored end of the elastic Weight shifting element,for delayed shifting of the weight.

4. In a glider, the combination of a winged body having opposed edges, anose, and a tail portion, a weight slidable along one edge of the bodyfrom the region of the nose toward the tail portion of the body, anelastic rubber element secured to the weight and to the body tendingalways to urge the weight in the direction of the tail portion, and asecond elastic rubber element secured to the weight, said second elementhaving a free end stretchable in a direction opposing the direction ofmovement of the weight imposed by the first elastic element, and aslipping anchorage means on the glider for insecurely anchoring saidfree end of the second elastic element, to eventually release the weightto the weight-moving influence of the first elastic element, for delayedshifting of the weight.

5. In a glider, the combination of a winged body having a nose and atail portion, a weight shiftable from the region of the nose toward thetail of the glider body, means on the extreme front of the glider nosefor supporting the weight in position to receive impacts occasioned byheadon collision of the glider with an object in its path of flight, anda time-delay means self-op erative normally during flight, for shiftingthe weight from its position of rest upon the glider nose, toward thetail portion of the glider body.

6. In a glider, the combination of a winged body having a nose and atail portion, a weight shiftable from the region of the nose toward thetail of the glider body, means on the extreme frontof the glider nosefor supporting the weight in position to receive impacts occasioned byheadon collision of the glider with an object in its path of flight, anda time-delay means self-operative normally during flight, for shiftingthe weight from its position of rest upon the glider nose, toward thetail portion of the glider body, and means for limiting the extent ofsuch weight movement.

7. In a glider, the combination of a winged body having a nose anda tailportion, a weight shiftable from the region of the nose toward the tailof the glider body, and means operative upon the shiftable weight tofirst slowly, then suddenly, shift the weightin the direction stated.

8. In a glider, the combination of a winged body having a nose and atail portion, a weight shiftably mounted upon the glider body formovement from the nose toward the tail portion of the glider body, andself-operative means for slowly and gradually shifting the weight in thedirection stated, during flight of the glider.

9. In a glider, the combination of a notched body comprising a wing, anose, and a tail portion, a weight shiftable from the region of the nosetowardthe tail portion of the glider body, weight control meansincluding an elastic cord attached to the weight, for temporarilyholding the weight in position upon the glider body adjacenttothe nosethereof incident to a tensioned condition of the cord, said cord havinga free end releasably held in the notch aforesaid while the cord istensioned, with the weight held temporarily as stated, the size of thenotch being gauged to the thickness of the'cord in order that the cordwhen under tension may slowly free itself from the notch, therebyreleasing the weight to a the influence of the weight control means toshift the weight toward the tail portion of the glider 1 during flight.

tion, a weight shiftable from the region of the nose toward the tailportion of the glider body, an elastic cord having opposite ends, oneend being fixed to the shiftable weight and the other end being fixed tothe glider body in position to normally yieldingly urge the weight fromthe region of the nose toward the tail portion of the glider body whenthe elastic cord is tensioned, and a second cord having opposite ends,one anchored relative to the weight and the other being rereasably heldin the notch of the glider body, to temporarily maintain the tensionedcondition of the elastic cord while establishing the position of theshiftable weight adjacent to the glider nose, the releasable end of thesecond cord when freed from the notch under the yielding influence ofthe elastic cord serving to release the weight to the shifting influenceof the elastic cord.

' JOSEPH I-I. KLEINBERG

